POISONED LEG.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 5

POISONED LEG.

ZAM BL'K'S, ANTISEPTIC AND: HEALING : POWERS AGAIN PROMINENT. ;, The dire results arising out of neglect of a ''simple" scratch could not bomoro forcibly, illustrated than in the'following case, and no more conclusive proof of the wonderful antiseptic and purifying qualities of Zam-Buk could be desired. • . '■■'■'■■' '. ■''' Mr.- F. Billington, a gardener,'residing in Buffalo Road, ■ Ryde; near Sydney, says :■— '•'-While following my' occupation; I scratched my leg with'.a. blackberry .thorn, and took no: .notice;'of it.' A fortnight later, blood-poison-ing sot in,"'and ran right up to niy'kriee. M^ r leg .was -swollen,, and as black, as ilik. The doctor.whom I consulted, adviscd'.mo' to go at once to Prince Alfred Hospital,'which' I did. I' underwent an' operation,''and thb doctor opened up my leg to tho Knee, but the blood-poisoning, spread and ran right up' [ into thb groin, which necessitated a further operation;,, In all, the'doctors opened up my leg in ' twenty-threo places,- and inserted fourteen tube's; Even then tho doctors'wero. not .the stato of the: leg; and; were on several occasions on the point of'; amputating it. For six months I was thus, undergoing-treatment in the hospital.-When! I. left .the ■ hospital tho blood-poisoning; had: been-practically removed,, but, owing to tho; sinews of my log being contracted through; beiiig in an iron ojadlo, I was'forced to' walk on crutches for three weeks. Tho leg appoarcd:to bo: doing., nicely," when I, acci-' dentally gavo }\. a. knock.' Thoi're--suits:'of. this wore dire. AH tho wounds-brokb'-but again; and the x leg .'bec'amo'ivcry : much inflamed and swollen. I applied sov- : oral -.treatments,', but, the'.'results: were ;not : 'satisfactory, and/'hearing Zam-Buk so'well' spoken of,-1 dec.idcd .to giro 'it a. trial.'*.'-' In.' less than .twenty-four, hours after,-tho first'' application of Zam-Buk: 11 found great. ro--lief.-*\Tho' spelling- and inflammation..- subsided,'- and thewounds■ were soothed. , I' continued, tho.- Zam-Buk treatment -for • ■ a fortnight, by which time the wounds' woro healed.' 'I feel,deeply grateful for what ZainBuk has: done for me, and will never lose an opportunity of--'recommending'.'-.it to' "■ my. friends.'.'- :'.. ,' : "No stronger evidence than the above could be needed to prove the sterling-merits of Zam-Buk.'; Is.-6d.,-and 3s. 6d. per jot,, of all chemists'and.stores.' ';■; \ ... ' ...f .'.-.. '.'"■;.